I told a teacher of mine about Guster, and lo-and-behold she listened to them and likes them. Now she says I have to return the favor and hear the Exies. I've never heard of 'em.

Who dey?
RIIL?
Somebody give me the Cliff's Notes on them.




I have a midterm now, will return soon.

i just checked out a clip on their site. RIYL Post-Nirvana, Staind, Nickelback, Theory of a Deadman SHIT

RIYL: death, boredom, bandwagon bands, generic...

they were in magazines and on mtv something like a year and a half ago? i feel like they were nominated for some mtv2 award or something, i was looking at the tv and thinking of how bad they sucked.

you're going to have to kill her.

They're awful. They had moderate success about 2 years ago. Got some play on MTV and some magazine covers. I remember their single was on a CMJ comp at that time too.

Well, I didn't wanna assume that because she's over 40 yrs old that she COULDN'T have good taste, because there's plenty of evidence to the contrary hereabouts, but damn, I had a feeling. Oh well.

Do I fake a smile / mildly pleasant comment when she asks what I thought of them, or do I go with the puking motion? On a related note, can you say "gar" to an educator?

But you introduced her to Guster. I think you´re both to blame for spreading crappy music. You both fouled.

Strike one.

You compared them once to a band I like. Oh how you were wrong.

Yes..I have said it to congressman, state senators, a US Senator, 2 Governors, etc..

what did they say or did they just play along - such as zip it up and zip it out!

I thought some of the songs on their first album, before the signed to Virgin, were kinda fun. But that was 5 years ago. They aren't as bad as Puddle of Mudd, Nickelback and stuff like that, but it's every bit as derivative as all the other post grunge stuff that has come out the past 8 or so years. Only they are a little more irreverent. Nothing great though. Sound like a bored STP.

I like Guster.

I did? Sorry.

P.S. Guster's latest disc was really good. RIYL: Old 97's, Rhett Miller

I love Guster.


I saw the Exies open for Everclear a few years ago. Maybe it was because Everclear were so disappointing that I thought they were okay. I bought their cd used the next day for $6 and gave it away two months later. They're like a modern hair band. Not good stuff.

Correction: Who WERE the Exies.

i hate it when you recommend someone something good and they like it, only for the reciprocation to be something horrible. I couple of years ago this guy goes to me,"there's this band i'm really into...the only problem is they're really depressing...really dark lyrics and stuff like that. I don't know if you would have heard of them...Matchbox Twenty?"

I'm like, "oh...mmmyeaah..."

Good god man. That's awful.

Thanks for the heads up, all. I will invest no further effort into them.

So the Guster show last night, with Matt Pond PA opening:

Was really good, as always. Lotsa cute little jewish girls fawning over the band, who were dead-on as usual. Got to hear some of the new material, and it sounds a hell of a lot like Guster made a rock record this time. One was melow, 2 were much more straight-ahead "rock" than anything I've ever heard them do, and one was (gasp) almost country - and really fucking good. I'm sure my face looked like Christmas morning on that song... "what's this (smile)?!!" Good shit.

Matt Pond has a lot of potential. He's not there yet, band-wise. They didn't sound as good as they should've, and it was mostly because of the playing. Nobody's bad, but the edges were kinda rough. The drummer(s) were sorta more like "some dude you know from work" on drums, rather than a Drummer. Not a shot against any of them at all - looked like nice guys, and certainly weren't bad, but there was sooo much more they could've made out of that material, that it was a bit of a let-down. But again, lots of potential. Keep an eye on 'im.

So as mentioned, Busty couldn't make it, because he was down in ATL getting GAAAAAHHH at Bloor's Bingo Night I'm sure. Thus, I tried to sell his ticket. I am not good at this. But I tried. As did the wife. A chick walks up, wife says "need a ticket, we have an extra to sell" etc, and the girl says "no thanks, I want to buy mine inside, the legitimate way. Thanks anyway." My response - "SERIOUSLY?!!" This was a fuckin Ticketmaster printed, official-as-hell ticket!! For $5 less than face value! 'Yotch.

Then the wife approaches a group of 3 girls and one guy and asks if he needs a ticket, and I look at him and realize it's the Guster guitarist, Adam. "Baby, he doesn't need a ticket. He's in the band." He grins and says "no, I'm covered, thanks." And Busty, I told him you wanted to be here but got sent to Atlanta. He's really nice. And the worst part: wife's sister, Guster Superfan #1, had just walked away to buy stink-ass cigarettes, and missed the whole thing.

what, they are done?
woah is me

Actually I just read they are already working on the follow up to their recent flop, Head For the Door. I can't imagine Virgin wanting to release it though.

A history of the Exies

Circa 2002:


Circa 2000:


The lead singer, circa the eighties (top right):



ENJOY!

that's an impressive forehead

Achon, Inc. (plays "the kit") and Scott "the Bitch" Earl are killer stage names.

"Jet Silver"

Edit: No, Scott "The Bitch" Earl

Wow. I may have to drop out of her class, just on principle. Not sure how the wife's gonna take this.

Zoiks! That's a 10-yard penalty on the forehead for encroachment (on the hairline).